ゴミムシ

noun

ground beetle; carabid beetle

Refers to beetles of the family Carabidae, especially those in the superfamily Caraboidea but excluding the subfamily Carabinae. In everyday Japanese, ゴミムシ is the common name for these insects.

• 庭にわでゴミムシを見みつけた。

  I found a ground beetle in the garden.

• ゴミムシは夜や行こう性せいのものが多おおい。

  Many ground beetles are nocturnal.

noun

Anisodactylus signatus (a species of ground beetle)

A specific species within the ground beetles. This is a technical entomological term; in general contexts, it is simply referred to as a type of ゴミムシ.

• アニソダクティルス・シグナタスはゴミムシの一いっ種しゅです。

  Anisodactylus signatus is a species of ground beetle.